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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & Dina Gilio Whitaker speak about American Indians.

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Date:
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Bob Baldock
Email:
Phone:
5108485006
Location Details:
St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley

During this time of Standing Rock, with tribes gathering to demand social justice, these two Native American women scholar/activists discuss: "All the Real Indians Died Off (And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans)" Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother, and has been active in the international Indigenous movment for more than four decades. She is the author of eight other books, including "An Indigenous People's History of the United States" Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is an award-winning journalist and columnist at Indian Country Today Media Network. A writer and researcher in Indigenous studies, she is currently a research associate and associate scholar at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. Miguel Gavilan Molina is a longtime progressive activist working primarily with Indigenous Peoples’ and environmental concerns. In addition, he is a veteran producer of KPFA Radio’s weekday show, Flashpoints.
Added to the calendar on Wed, Sep 14, 2016 2:29PM
§Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz: All the Real Indians Died Off
by Nancy Tubbs
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents:

An Evening with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker
All the Real Indians Died Off (And Twenty Other Myths About Native Americans)
Hosted by Miguel Gavilan Molina

advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, KPFA benefit http://www.kpfa.org/events

All the Real Indians Died Off (And 20 other Myths about Native Americans) critically deconstructs persistent myths about American Indians that have taken hold in the United States. Authors Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture ("Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcoholism," "Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans," "Native Americans Can't Agree on What To Be Called", etc.) and trace how they developed. The authors deftly show just how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudices of European settlers and the larger political agendas of the settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous land. They can be traced to narratives of erasure and disappearance.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's previous book "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" received ther 2015 American Book Award and the 2015 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother, and has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades. She is the author of eight other books.

Miguel Gavilan Molina is a longtime progressive activist working primarily with Indigenous Peoples' and environmental concerns. In addition, he is a veteran producer of KPFA Radio's weekday show, Flashpoints.

$12 advance, $15 door.
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